Program Management - Environmental Issues
Presenters: Robert Hicks MPH, Carl Armstrong MD, CMG Buttery MD
Objectives:
After this set of lectures to students will be able to describe:
- The administrative/management issues of issuing septic tank and well permits
- The interested parties to issuance of such permits
- How complaints of failed systems are resolved administratively & legislatively
- What make a chemical toxic
- The federal and state agencies involved in resolution of toxicity disputes.
- When the state health department becomes involved in issued of toxicity.
- How a toxicity notice is developed and information transmitted
- How the state health department becomes involved in issues of adverse housing
- What health problems may be associated with unsafe houses
- The role of local health departments in unsafe housing review
Key Words:
Health promotion, disease prevention, primary prevention, secondary prevention, tertiary prevention, Healthy People (US, Canada, UK) state programs, Public awareness
Readings:
Buttery essays - #9, Governing By Network, Chapter 3.
Resources:
Robert Hicks Slides, Handouts
Carl Armstrong MD Slides Handouts
Kim Buttery Slides, Handouts
Presentations
Hour 1 Septic Tank Politics
Hour 2 Infectious DIseases
Hour 3 Housing & Health (The Built Environment)
Discussion Board:Discuss one of the two following:
1) Why do you believe that political oversight can play such an important part in environmental management? OR
2) Thinking about the the Housing Project model, what do you believe are important steps in developing any public health related project, to gain its acceptance?